PHPCI is pleased to provide an updated version of the Compassionate Communities Charter.

The Charter is a 13 point action list that encompasses the major areas that can create a society in which death, dying, loss and caregiving is everyone’s civic responsibility. It includes our workplaces, educational institutions, churches and temples, unions, health and social care institutions, and public-facing organisations such as museums and media.

The central key is that we all experience crisis, caring, grief, and loss and how we support each other makes an enormous difference, both to the person receiving the support and those giving it. The charter has focussed on institutions and public bodies. In the context of civic action, streets and neighbourhoods are an integral part of our lives. How we help care for the dying or the bereaved is a social experience. What happens in our homes and local streets is as equally important as the support experienced while in schools and workplaces. This is now reflected by adding in compassionate communities at a neighbourhood level to the Charter.

You can download the 2021 update HERE and an explainer for the new edition by Allan Kellehear and Julian Abel HERE.

REVISED AND APPROVED JANUARY 2021

JULIAN ABEL & ALLAN KELLEHEAR